IMF, President Tinubu and the transparency challenge
By Moshood Oshunfurewa If we are to reincarnate the late Chief Gani Oyesola Fawehinmi (1938–2009), a legendary Nigerian human rights lawyer, publisher, author, social critic, and Senior Advocate of the Masses (SAM), on the current budget imbroglio, 2% of GDP, and Gbaja/Adeyemi scandal, I might not mistake his line of words as thus: “Let us call […]
When talent is targeted: Vinicius racism unfinished battle for dignity in football
By Paul Lucky Okoku A halted match in Lisbon exposes a deeper truth — racism remains football’s most persistent opponent Football may unite nations, but racism still divides the humanity within the game. When a player is racially abused, the match does not stop because of football — it stops because humanity has failed. The […]
Tinubu’s re-opening of Kamba borders as a stroke of economic diplomacy
By SUNDAY DARE This border reopening reflects a balanced and pragmatic approach to governance that recognises the link between economic inclusion, regional diplomacy, and national security”. The recent opening of the Kamba and Tsamiya border routes by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is both timely and strategic. The livelihoods of Northern communities that straddle the Nigeria–Niger border […]
Jesse Jackson: Why Nigeria needs movements, not moments
By EBUKA UKOH If Nigeria is serious about reform, it must study not only who the late Right Reverend Jesse Jackson was, but also how he operated. He did not merely protest injustice; he built lasting institutions to sustain his quest for justice. Born in 1941, Jackson emerged from the civil rights movement under the leadership […]
A Pilgrimage of Mysticism and Culture
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou Certain realities in life are fundamental, carrying the valence of indispensability to existence on earth because these realities guarantee bond-formation in spiritual, cultural, sociological, philosophical and cabalistic dimensions. Anchorage point ranks the highest among these basic realities because bond-formation – even if it is chemical or electrical – is the nucleus of […]
Expanding tourism infrastructure in a golden era as component of Governor Umo Eno’s diversified economy
By Israel Thompson It was Oliver Napoleon Hill, the American self-help author, who had opined as follow: “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”. So much is confirmed by Scripture in Mark 11:23 when it also says: “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the […]
